Jumia Nigeria Recruiting for Country Manager

Jumia is Nigeria's number one online shopping destination where you can shop the widest selection of electronics, fashion, home appliances, kid's items and more in Nigeria and have them shipped directly to your home or office at your convenience!

Job Title: Country Manager

Description

We want to create a well-balanced team of talented, truly dynamic and highly motivated country managers with a passion for emerging markets and Africa.

We are currently looking for outstanding candidates interested in entrepreneurship and web businesses.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will be to develop the ventures in your market through operational and strategic actions.

You will directly manage your operational and commercial team.

Key responsibilities include:

Drive overall top line and profitability development

P&L ownership

Recruit and manage the team, in particular the local sales and operations team

Define and drive action plans to create strong relationships with local stakeholders

Coordinate your commercial team with the other services (Marketing, Partnerships, Finance, etc.)

Deliver measurable results linked to the project you are in charge of

Ensure regular reporting of your actions and results

Drive activity analysis

Manage the team efficiency and cohesion

Create an unparalleled environment for your team's development and happiness

Requirements

Strong entrepreneurial skills

Strong leadership

Strong drive

Impeccable communication skills

Ability to negotiate in flawless English

Ability to identify new business opportunity

Ability to work independently and in a team

We offer

A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment

The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world

An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures